He says the CFL is "hands down" better than the NFL. When he said that I burst out in uncontrollable laughter in his face and did not stop for a long time. And every time I saw him after that I just laughed.

His reasoning... "There are only 3 downs and Pacman Jones played in the CFL."

I love illogical people.

One of my friends lives in Ottawa and he's always tweeting about the CFL, as if anyone cares. I make fun of him so bad. He also once called uniforms "outfits". LMAO

Thats part of the reason I was never a Vol fan. Its like that in Memphis also. No one is a Titans fan, but you see plenty of U of M, Arkansas, and Ol Miss fans. Pro teams are up in the air. Maybe saw a handful of Titans gear.

Exactly why I started the thread. No one at UT likes the NFL. Guarantee I'm the biggest NFL fan in that whole school. Even if my major classes (Sport Management) everyone creams their pants for college football and hates the NFL.

Ok you asked which do I like to watch better.

I actually have a serious attachment to both but I would say the Titans are like 51 to Vols 49 in my heart. (ok leave 1% for Auburn)

I don't know what your life experience has been in Knoxville but mine was pretty incredible.

There is the sense of family and belonging with a university that you attend and were a part of vs. being a fan of a pro team. I took classes with some pretty major historical volunteer players. I'm saying this is true with most colleges, but of course gamedays in Knoxville are a major part of the experience of living there.

I don't know, I get what you are saying to degree, but I did not get any "hate" the nfl vibes. It was simply that the Vols mattered whereas what happened in the NFL did not. Actually, I'd say a majority of people I knew watched some NFL on Sunday or Monday night.

the typical NFL fan lives in the immediate region and the nature of the NFL precludes any direct link too the team.

Now in the south fans treat the SEC basically the way the rest of the country treats the NFL. SEC fans mostly live in the region of their favorite team and do not have a direct link to the school. I understand that a ton of SEC fans went too their favorite school, but I still think they are swamped by the regional fans

The tough thing about that is that if you are a football fan, you probably built ties well before you went off to college. I'm a Penn State fan and have been one since I was a little kid in the late 80's. It would have been cool to go there, but I knew that I wanted to live in East Tennessee and I got a full scholarship here. It would have been folish to go $120k in debt to support a football team.

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